Chapter 218: This game can't be played
The Lakers were beaten by the SuperSonics at the beginning, and Gary Payton deserved to be a player who could be anxious for Jordan, and his unconventional defensive moves worked wonders under the bias of the referees.
Lakers head coach George Krent couldn't help but frown off the court, he sensed something was wrong, but he couldn't get to the point.
The game continued, and the Lakers quickly advanced to the front court after serving from the baseline, and Nash also had a trace of anger in his heart, and he was made angry by Payton's many small actions.
However, at this time, Liu Han took the initiative to approach Nash to respond, and Nash also saw Liu Han's approach, and he handed the ball to Liu Han as soon as possible.
After Liu Han received the ball, he lifted the ball high with one hand in his left hand, but this unconventional action made Jose Hawkins, who was defending him, fly up as soon as possible, no way, the deterrent power of Liu Han's three-point shot is really too great, and the first thing that any player who defends Liu Han thinks of is this guy's perverted hit rate.
However, Liu Han did not shoot the ball, but passed past Hawkins with a short body and hit the inside.
The SuperSonics team is very focused on defending today, Liu Han met Schramf as soon as he arrived inside, the German did not hesitate at all, and was ready to foul Liu Han directly, but Liu Han threw the ball high at the first time, O'Neal fell from the sky and directly dunked Wenbeck under the basket.
Referee Jarvey endured the whistle in his mouth for a long time without blowing, he didn't dare to do it too obviously, the first two times have already made the Lakers players angry, if the ball is blown into O'Neal's offensive foul now, then it is estimated that the next game will not be played, and the Lakers will go crazy directly.
O'Neal lifted his shoulders like a demonstrative T-Rex after completing the dunk, and he stared at the SuperSonics players with furious eyes. This violent deduction can be regarded as revenge for being beaten up and making mistakes before.
After the SuperSonics lost Sean Camp this season, their offense has always been dominated by outside offense, and after the inside power forward Wenbeck has some offensive ability. On the outside, the SuperSonics team has German Schramf - a traditional European player, who runs aggressively and shoots accurately, but the confrontation is slightly worse, plus the double point guards Gary Payton and Jose Hawkins, the SuperSonics can be regarded as a team with both offense and defense, but in the previous two playoff games, they were dizzy by the Lakers' efficient and smooth offense, so they were completely inaccurate in the offense, but their purpose in this game is very clear, that is, they can use any means to interrupt the Lakers' offense, Then it's okay to make sure you hit yourself.
In the rest of the first quarter, the SuperSonics used the referee's vague help to keep the score in the lead, although Liu Han began to shoot outside the three-point line, but the SuperSonics limited the play of the other Lakers players very well, and the Lakers players seemed to be a little angry because of the SuperSonics' "unconventional" defensive methods, and their shots were not as accurate as the first two games.
When the first quarter reached 8 minutes, George Krent replaced Nash, the SuperSonics played well on offense today, Nash was still relatively weak in defense, and it was inevitable that he would become the opponent's offensive breakthrough point, so Nash was replaced, and Liu Han began to control the ball.
After Liu Han controlled the ball, he faced Payton, and Payton noticed the referee's intentional or unintentional help today, so his small actions made him more unscrupulous, so that Liu Han, who has always had a small temper, was inevitably a little angry.
The Lakers attacked, and Liu Han held the ball with his back against Payton. Peyton's right hand was on Liu Han's waist, which seemed to be an ordinary defensive action, but in fact, Peyton was pinching Liu Han's flesh with his fingers, and his knee protruded forward intentionally or unintentionally, as long as Liu Han turned around, it was inevitable to touch Peyton's knee.
Liu Han's heart was on fire when he was harassed by Payton, and he used his free right hand to wave away Payton's hand that was pinching his waist, a move that many people had used in the game, but today Payton held his arm in pain as if he had been hit by a sledgehammer and stepped back, and the referee blew the whistle as if it had been discussed. Javi blew for an offensive foul on Liu Han.
Liu Han didn't speak, he just approached Jia Wei and glanced at the other party, and the breath in his eyes made Jia Wei tremble. Liu Han turned his head to look at Peyton, who was still holding his arm in pain, and applauded, paying tribute to the other party's "wonderful" acting skills.
George Krent, who was on the sidelines, angrily threw the water in his hand to the ground, he now knew the referee's intentions, but he didn't know why the well-known referee did this, was it because of a grudge against the Lakers?
The game continued, the SuperSonics Jose Hawkins controlled the ball to the front court, Payton's acting skills were really good, and he even let Hawkins control the ball to show how serious Liu Han's foul on him was just now.
Hawkins didn't take the ball more than he did when he got to the frontcourt, but handed the ball to Payton. Payton, who was still in pain just now, shook Ray Allen with a feint after receiving the ball and rushed inside, and Liu Han gave up his defense of Hawkins and cut the inside corner to secretly return to the defense. Payton didn't notice Liu Han's defense behind him, he went straight to the basket with his low hand after hitting the inside line, Liu Han spread his wings like a big peng behind him, and the ball was fiercely lined up on the rebound as soon as Payton's layup was shot, and Liu Han himself also relied on the rebound to hold the ball into his arms, which was a very beautiful block, at least he could score today's top five goals, but what Liu Han didn't expect was that the referee Jarvey's whistle sounded again, and he was blown a defensive foul.
When Liu Han didn't react, O'Neill and his teammates were angry at first, if such a beautiful defense just now was blown foul, then the game would not be able to go down at all.
Even angrier than the players on the pitch was George Krent, who yelled at the linesman next to him.
"Is that idiot on the field not wearing glasses today, if he is too poor to deserve a pair of contact lenses, I can pay for it myself, as long as he doesn't blow like a blind man, I can give as much as I want." George Crent's words were full of sarcasm.
"Mr. Coach, please calm down, if you are yelling like this, I can only ask you out." The linesman was very calm, and he was not angry at George's words.
The linesman's words made George Krent, who was already a little enthusiastic, calm down a little, this is the playoffs, he doesn't want the team to lose the game because of himself, and now the first quarter is not over, he must calm down.
Liu Han has already committed two fouls after counting the previous foul, and he must get off the court, otherwise if he has three fouls before the start of the second quarter, then the next game will not be able to play.
George Krent took advantage of Payton's free throws to replace Liu Han, and he also called a timeout, hoping to calm the players on the court a little.
"F-U-C-K, there is no way to play this game, that 'biaozi' raised it on purpose." O'Neill, who has always been optimistic, is completely angry now, and as soon as he sits down, he is a mouthful of swearing.
"I know, I think you know it's going to be a tough game today, but I need you to put your full focus on the game, don't get affected by anything else, and use your skills to conquer here." George Krent tried his best to reassure the players.
"Liu, then you have to take a break and get ready to play a little more time in the second quarter, I need you to give your full strength to attack in the next game. Others, don't be affected, play as you want, don't be afraid of fouls, I'll adjust your playing time. George's words made the players gradually calm down, and the next game will require the Lakers to work hard. (To be continued.) )